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Hacker Allegedly Siphons $31 Million Out of Tether, Driving Further Speculations About the Cryptocurrency

Tether, a cryptocurrency pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. dollar, was allegedly hacked this week to the tune of $31 million.Tether functions to convert U.S....

Op Ed: Lessons From a Cryptocurrency Hack (A Public Service Announcement)

Here are some immediate steps you can take to protect yourself as well as additional tools and best practices to further safeguard yourself and your funds more generally.

White Hats Step In to Save Funds from Vulnerable Ether Wallets

Criminals have stolen $32 million worth of ether from multisig wallets due to issues with the Parity client.

Latest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hack Highlights Need for Better Security Protocols

It comes with the territory that digital currency will be susceptible to digital threats. Hacking and theft have almost grown up side by side...

More Mainstream Use Cases Needed to Secure Bitcoin’s Legitimacy

Blockchain technologies like the one that underpins Bitcoin are gaining wide acceptance across industry sectors from finance to healthcare to real estate. Bitcoin itself,...

This Security Researcher Found the Bug That Knocked Out Bitcoin Unlimited

For over a year, attackers have had the ability to crash Bitcoin Unlimited and Bitcoin Classic nodes. Yesterday, someone actually did it. According to...

Erik Voorhees: Complying With BitLicense Would Have Made ShapeShift Hack Much Worse

The recent hacks at ShapeShift, a sort of vending machine for altcoins, has been one of the biggest stories in Bitcoin for the past...

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Why the Credit Card Network is Ready for a Paradigm Shift

As a victim of the Target credit card hack, and having to work with the bank to replace the stolen identity, this writer can...

Transaction Malleability: MtGox’s Latest Woes

MtGox, a Bitcoin exchange that used to have over 90 market share in the industry and still remains one of the top three Bitcoin...

KryptoKit: Easy-to-Use, In-Browser Bitcoin and Messaging for the Masses

The growth of Bitcoin over the past four years, together with the recent storm of political revelations on the part of organizations like Wikileaks...
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